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LHSC became the first hospital in North America to use a robotic-arm neuron-angiogram machine in an operating room.
LHSC is the first in North America to implant an insertable cardiac monitor that offers long-term and continuous monitoring for atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia
LHSC performs the world’s first robotically-assisted intestinal bypass surgery for a patient with superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome, also known as Wilkie’s syndrome, using the da Vinci® robot.
LHSC’s Sterile Processing Department is the first hospital in Canada to implement Censitrac software, tracking medical instruments at the individual level.
Canada’s first totally endoscopic closed-chest robotic coronary artery bypass surgery on a patient’s beating heart is performed at LHSC
Canada’s first robotic-assisted common bile duct exploration using a da Vinci robot is performed at LHSC
An LHSC team is one of two independent Canadian teams to first use new electroanatomical mapping technology to perform a pulmonary vein ablation for atrial fibrillation
World’s first robotic-assisted left atrial appendage ligation to reduce the chance of clot formation and stroke in high risk patients with atrial fibrillation is performed at LHSC
Canada’s first minimally invasive robotic-assisted double bypass surgery is performed at LHSC
Canada’s first robotic-assisted multi vessel small thorocotomy is performed at LHSC
LHSC’s Image-Guided surgery team performed the world’s first image-guided robotic-assisted thoracoscopic resection of a lung cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm and a 3-dimensional ultrasound probe
Esophageal Surgery team performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm (2004/May/31).
Esophageal Surgery team performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted transthoracic endoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm (2004/September/27).
In a Canadian first in research for CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics), the four-armed da Vinci robot was used throughout a surgery to complete a radical prostatectomy
A CSTAR team is the first in North America to complete two different procedures to clear blocked arteries, minimally invasive robotic-assisted heart bypass surgery and angioplasty with stenting, at the same time in the operating roomIn a North American first, an interdisciplinary team successfully removes a renal artery aneurysm with the help of a da Vinci surgical robot
A small, multi-channel recording and stimulating device that aids in deep brain stimulation is developed at LHSC
Urologists at LHSC are the first in Canada to use the three-armed ZEUS robot to correct a blockage in the ureter of the kidney
Results of an international study show that the common high blood pressure drug ramipril can prevent heart failure in high risk cardiovascular patients
LHSC is the first in Canada and one of three in the world to use revolutionary digital technology to produce detailed fluoroscopic images for diagnostic and interventional proceduresLHSC surgeons are the first in Canada to use a four-armed da Vinci robot to complete a single coronary artery bypass graft
2003 - LHSC’s Pulmonary surgery performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted lobectomy for lung cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm (2003/January/17).
An LHSC study determines that patients with congestive heart failure have an improved quality of life with a new pacemaker that works on both sides of the heart
LHSC cardiologists complete a left atrial appendage occlusion, a new procedure for stroke prevention that closes the area of the heart where the majority of blood clots form
Neurosurgeons at LHSC complete the first artificial cervical disc replacement in North America
LRCC is one of two sites in Canada and one of three in the world to have a tomotherapy unit, the newest radiation treatment technology
LHSC’s Pulmonary surgery team performed the world’s first robotic-assisted lung volume reduction using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm
LHSC’s Pulmonary surgery team performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted resection of a lung cancer using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm
LHSC’s Pulmonary surgery team performed Canada’s first robotic-assisted apical bullectomy for a pneumothorax using Computer Motion’s AESOP® robotic arm
Using Socrates robotic technology, LHSC conducts the world's first robotic-assisted surgery via telementoring, in which one surgeon assisted and mentored another at a remote site and both manipulated robotic arms inside the patient in the operating room
LHSC researchers are the first in the world to find strong evidence to support that surgery, not medicine, is the key to improved quality of life for temporal lobe epilepsy
The first artificial disc replacement in Canada is completed at LHSC
LHSC's transplant team performs the first adult-to-adult living donor partial-liver transplant in Canada
LHSC's surgical team performs the first minimally invasive robotic-assisted mitral valve heart surgery in Canada
LHSC's surgical team successfully completes the world's first closed-chest, robotic-assisted beating heart coronary artery bypass graft
An LHSC team is the first in Canada to perform voice-activated robotic-assisted minimally invasive cardiac bypass surgery
LHSC's Multi-Organ Transplant team transplants a liver, bowel, stomach, and pancreas into a five-month-old infant, the world's youngest recipient of a multi-organ transplant
An LHSC nephrologist performs a world-first in plasma exchange treatment and is credited with saving the life of a man with a severe case of food poisoning
LHSC cardiac surgeons are the first in Canada to perform a revolutionary method of video-assisted minimally invasive heart surgery
A team of researchers accomplishes a world-first when they develop a miniature recording device that monitors the heartbeat during fainting spells
The world's first 3D ultrasound-guided cryosurgery is performed at University Hospital
Victoria and University hospitals collaborate on Canada's first living-related paediatric liver transplant
A study begins at University Hospital on the safety and efficacy of using detachable platinum coils to treat brain aneurysms
LRCC is the first in Canada to use the radioactive source Ytterbium for treatment
The first cardiac stent insertion in Canada is performed at Victoria Hospital
The world's first invasive inner ear surgery for vertigo in normal hearing ears is conducted at University Hospital
The world's first successful liver-small bowel transplant is performed at University Hospital
The London Regional Cancer Centre (now LRCP) is the first Canadian site to treat malignant melanoma and kidney disease patients with Interleukin-2
The world's first pacemaker cardioverter defibrillator (PCD) is implanted at University Hospital
A University Hospital team announces success in a trial using cyclosporine to arrest the progress of Type 1 diabetes
University Hospital is the first in Canada to perform a heart-lung transplant
University Hospital performs the world's first heart operation to correct life threatening right ventricular dysplasia
Operations begin on cerebral aneurysms using a technique that establishes University Hospital’s worldwide reputation
Dr. Charles Drake pioneers a surgical procedure for aneurysms at the base of the brain, called basilar aneurysms
The London Clinic of the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation at Victoria Hospital (now the London Regional Cancer Program [LRCP]) and The University of Western Ontario discover the chemotherapy drugs vinca alkaloids
The first cobalt bomb in the world is used to deliver radiation therapy to cancer patients at Victoria Hospital
The first artificial kidney machine in Canada is developed at Victoria Hospital
Physicians at Victoria Hospital are the first to recognize sexual dimorphism in human cells, leading to new knowledge of the relationship between sex chromosome abnormalities and human disease
Note: LRCC, London Regional Cancer Centre, integrated with London Health Sciences Centre in January 2004 and became the London Regional Cancer Program
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